Www.cercs.gatech.edu/tech-reports/tr2009/git-cercs-09-13.pdf. Cloud Computing Patterns. Cloud Infrastructure Pattern. Cloud Computing Patterns. I have attended a presentation by Simon Guest from Microsoft on their cloud computing architecture. Although there was no new concept or idea introduced, Simon has provided an excellent summary on the major patterns of doing cloud computing.
I have to admit that I am not familiar with Azure and this is my first time hearing a Microsoft cloud computing presentation. I felt Microsoft has explained their Azure platform in a very comprehensible way. I am quite impressed. Simon talked about 5 patterns of Cloud computing. 1. Passive listener model uses a synchronous communication pattern where the client pushes request to the server and synchronously wait for the processing result.
In the passive listener model, machine instances are typically sit behind a load balancer. On the other hand, Active worker model uses an asynchronous communication patterns where the client put the request to a queue, which will be periodically polled by the server. 2. 3. 4. 5.